No short shelf doses of COVID-19 vaccines in Nigeria – FG
August 19, 2022 The Federal Government says that there are no short shelf doses of COVID-19 vaccine donations in the country. The Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency,…
OSINBAJO WANTS MORE DONE TO END OPEN DEFECATION IN NIGERIA
August 18, 2022 …Approves measures to boost Water, Sanitation, Hygiene Ongoing efforts to end open defecation in Nigeria by 2025 has received a boost with the approval of measures to…
UNICEF awards $170m malaria vaccine contract to GSK
August 17, 2022 United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has awarded a contract for the first ever supply of a malaria vaccine to GSK with a value of up to 170…
NIGERIA WILL SAVE N2 TRILLION FROM MALARIA ELIMINATION, PRESIDENT BUHARI DECLARES, APPOINTS DANGOTE CHAIRMAN OF 16-MEMBER COUNCIL TO ERADICATE DISEASE
August 16, 2022 President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja inaugurated Nigeria End Malaria Council (NEMC), projecting that the successful implementation of the Council’s agenda and savings from the estimated economic…
Rotavirus Childhood Vaccine Shortage Hits Four African Countries
August 10, 2022 Supplies of a vaccine to prevent the deadly rotavirus infection in children have either run out in Kenya, Tanzania, Senegal and Cameroon or are close to doing…
UNICEF commends Kebbi Govt. for domesticating Child Rights Act
August 8, 2022 The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has commended Kebbi Government for signing into law, the state’s Child Rights Bill that was passed by the State House of Assembly….
New global alliance launched to end AIDS in children by 2030
August 2, 2022 …52% of children living with HIV on life-saving treatment Only half (52%) of children living with HIV globally are on life-saving treatment, far behind adults where three…
Ngige describes FG’s investment in social protection as triple vaccination against poverty
July 29, 2022 The Federal Government says it is investing billions in social protection to fight poverty in the country. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, said…
COVID-19: UNICEF, Nasarawa State Govt. return 10, 353 pupils to school
July 20, 2022 The United Nations Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF) in collaboration with the Nasarawa State Government has successfully returned 10, 353 out-of-school pupils to school in two local government…
Nigeria’s consumer inflation at highest in more than five years
July 15, 2022 The largest sustained decline in childhood vaccinations in approximately 30 years has been recorded in official data published on Friday by the World Health Organisation and UNICEF….